Chapter 40: Tricked

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It was a monitor. It was in a tree outside the window. One wouldn’t notice it unless he looked closely.

Shi Man jumped from the windowsill to the tree branch opposite. She pulled out the surveillance camera and checked carefully to confirm that it was not something from Immaculate.

As Immaculate’s items and firearms were smuggled in, there would be a very obvious foreign logo. Moreover, Immaculate had already been taken over by her, so there was no need to hide anything from her.

But just to be sure, she contacted Sean. After receiving a negative answer, she took a photo of the monitor and sent it over, asking Sean to check on this thing for her.

“Boss, did the Shi family offend someone? Is there anyone more suspicious?” Sean asked.

The Shi family had a huge business and would definitely affect the interests of others, causing their enemies to take revenge.

Actually, it was not that Shi Man did not understand this logic. However, there were only a few brief descriptions of the Shi family’s enemies in the novel. She did not know the entire story. In addition, she did not have memories of the original owner of the body, so she did not know much about the Shi family’s past.

“There are too many. Let’s check first.” That was all Shi Man could tell Sean.

Sean didn’t ask further. Instead, he got someone to investigate.

Not long after, Sean sent a picture over. It was the manufacturer of the monitor, the Song family in G City.

The Song family was also famous among the upper class in G City. In the beginning, they were just an ordinary business family who relied on the production of communication equipment. Later on, they got to their current position with the help of the Yi family.

However, the fact that the surveillance cameras were produced by the Song family could not prove anything. At the very least, the Song family had no conflict of interest with the Shi family on the surface. There was even the possibility of them becoming relatives—if Yi Zheng had not wanted to break off the engagement with Shi Man.

Ding, ding, ding—Shi Man’s phone rang again. She thought that Sean had sent another message, but when she opened her phone, she saw that it was an SOS message from Su Tang.

“Help, I’m in the library!”

These few words made Shi Man suspicious.

She knew that this plot was in the original novel—Su Tang, who was studying in the library, did not rest well because she was working part-time in the Nightless City. She was too tired and fell asleep in the library, causing her to be locked in. As she suffered from claustrophobia, she chose to send a message to Yi Zheng, and Yi Zheng quickly arrived to save her.

According to the timeline in the book, Su Tang should still be working part-time in the Nightless City. However, due to the interference of Shi Man and the change in the situation, Su Tang had already resigned from the Nightless City in advance. In that case, why would she be trapped in the library today?

Another photo was sent over. It was a ladies’ shirt from Cassel Academy that had been thrown to the ground!

Could it be that because of her interference, the subsequent incident of Su Tang being filmed and the library had coincided?

She couldn’t care less. The current relationship between Su Tang and Yi Zheng hadn’t eased up like in the original novel. If she didn’t go over… Shi Man didn’t dare to think further and quickly rushed towards Cassel Academy.

When she arrived, it was already late. The school was empty and the library had long been locked.

Shi Man entered the library through the skylight, but she did not see Su Tang. As she looked around, she was attacked from behind.

Shi Man endured the pain and sprang away to distance herself from the person. Then, under the moonlight, she could vaguely see that it was a man, but she could not see his face and figure. She took out the dagger she had been carrying and went on the offensive to attack that person. However, she did not expect that person to be so skilled. After a few rounds, they were evenly matched.

For some reason, Shi Man felt that something was wrong the more she fought. Her body was getting hotter, her mouth was dry, and her lower abdomen was slightly itchy, making her feel uncomfortable.

She had been drugged!

No, she had to finish this quickly.

She didn’t want to make too much noise, but seeing that the situation was not right, she finally took out her gun.

The silver rose was very dazzling under the moonlight. Seeing her gun, the person said, “Shi Man?”

It was Yi Zheng’s voice.

“Yi Zheng?”

After Shi Man finished speaking, the person turned on the flashlight on his phone. “Why are you here?”

Shi Man was also very surprised. “I received a distress message from Su Tang.”

“Did you receive it?” Yi Zheng frowned and looked around with the flashlight. He saw a pile of clothes and Su Tang’s phone. There was no one else.

And the trace of incense in the corner… It was obvious that it was the reason why they felt uncomfortable—it was an aphrodisiac incense.

While Yi Zheng was investigating, Shi Man did not stay idle. She checked the skylight. Indeed, it had been sealed from the outside.

“I set up surveillance on Su Tang’s phone. She sent a message to her emergency contact in the library tonight…” Yi Zheng paused for a moment.” I didn’t expect her emergency contact to be you. ”

They opened the phone that Su Tang had left behind and saw that the emergency contact name was actually Savior.

Shi Man was speechless. In other words, that person wanted to lure Yi Zheng over, but she took the bait…

“Yes…” Shi Man let out an erotic gasp. This body did not have much resistance.

With just this amount of aphrodisiac, she was already out of control before Yi Zheng could do anything.